ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD (Hamish Hamilton), a teenage novel about a serial killer.
Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph The Sunday Times This age group enjoys a scary story and Robert Swindells knows how to make readers horripilate Daily Telegraph Short, finely-paced chapters, action without melodrama, chill with garish theatricality... Read on and make sure this is a class set Books for Keeps A fascinating tale and genuinely frightening in places. Timing is the essence of a thriller and the brief chapters - 5l in all - push the story forward relentlessly The Junior Bookshelf Simply told but missing no opportunity to turn the screw of suspense The School Librarian